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I’m locked up, but I’ve got a rap label and group out there that I’m really trying to push. I really need all the help I can get, and I know if anyone can make it happen it’s you. I already receive your magazine, and I swear you got some tight shit goin’ on. It’s got to be one of the number one underground sources in Florida. I get a couple of underground magazines out of Alabama and their shit can’t touch yours. It’s really hard for me to make moves being locked up, but that can’t stop me. I been writing to these other magazines and they show no love, even though I subscribe. If I wasn’t serious and trying to make moves, I would understand. A lot of us really appreciate people like yourself who are out to help labels and artists get heard and get on their feet. I really like to hear about someone and then read about them in your magazine. I watched all these people blow, and they all started out in OZONE. I know you know about the struggle; I remember reading about when Mert Deezine tried to cross you and you still bounced back with one of the tightest magazines, OZONE. – Bossman (Lake County, FL)

Your groupie confessions article was off the chain! Very interesting! I always try to visualize how these rappers are in bed. I’ve found out about some. I’m very surprised to hear about Allen Iverson, and very shocked about Jay-Z’s size! I see why Beyonce’s fuckin’ with him (besides the cash)! – Taniqwa@aol.com

I enjoyed the article about groupies. I often wondered about the abilities of some famous people. I do wish that they would have gone into more detail about the physical appearance to paint a better picture. What did he smell like? What did he taste like? What areas of the body did he prefer to touch? Anyway, thanks for the insight. – GG, aegeda2000@yahoo.com

I just heard about the hip-hop groupie confessions thing on the radio yesterday, and everybody I know in this little town of Michigan City, Indiana, is looking on your website and ordering a year’s subscription to the magazine. The juicy stuff seems to draw you in to read more. Your magazine is very interesting! – Ricko Davis, ricko.davis@sullair.com (Michigan City, IN)

I picked up a few copies of your magazine and I have a question about the map of the states you’ve got on the front lower left corner of your magazine’s cover. I want to know why Oklahoma isn’t represented on the map as one of the Southern states? Oklahoma is a Southern state too, and we don’t wanna be left out! – Marchello, hadahurda@yahoo.com

Editor responds: The map on the front cover shows the states where OZONE is currently distributed.

I think you should print more groupie confessions. I really enjoyed reading the stories of celebrities that claim they’ve got it going on, but in all actuality they don’t. - Victoria Bloomer, vmbloo01@louisville.edu

Those groupie stories were off the hook! I think they’re true. Famous niggas are the most nasty, and a lot of them are hella whack in the sack. - Candice (Oakland, CA)

Thanks for all the pictures of Pitbull! He is the greatest thing alive! If I was to ever meet him, I would die, because it’s my lifelong dream! - Renee Hoagland, chitownsfinest1718@yahoo.com (Chicago, IL)

I just read OZONE for the first time and I must say that it’s the shit, and JB, you definitely have a way with words. Funny shit. I read the article about Nefertiti and it tripped me out. Along with all the other interesting interviews and articles, I will be looking forward to reading what you have to say. - DJ Slice, arnolddjslice@hotmail.com (Houston, TX)

I love the groupie article! You guys should do more artists. Tell miss Method Man she is lucky! Call me a groupie or whatever, but I want me some Method Man! - Shasta Williams, shasta_williams@toyota.com

I stumbled across OZONE about a year ago when I was visiting the Miami area for a reggae festival. I love the graphics and layout of your magazine. Unlike the rest of the mags out there, like The Source and VIBE, it’s a clean, clear layout and it’s not too cluttered. - Ida Ceesay, iceesay@yahoo.com

I like your interviews in OZONE. You keep it real, and you aren’t scared to ask the hard questions. You go toe to toe with these cats. I’m feelin’ that. I also like the way you give industry folks their shine. Keep up the great work. - Bennie, urbanbrandent@hotmail.com

I read your groupie confessions article and all I have to say is: Bitch, are you serious? Where did you find these ignorant ass bitches? The young lady who says she fucked Jadakiss and wants to sleep with Ludacris, then says, “I don’t give it up that easy, it was just in that circumstance,” what? You are not only a whore but a dumb whore! Next, to the young lady who said that Jay-Z’s line was “the most disrespectful shit she had ever heard,” yet she chose to lower her standards and fuck him anyway, she gets an award for being the dumbest whore of them all. Did you think that “fuckable mouth” was a term of endearment? Or maybe sweet nothings in your mouth, so to speak? Bitch, if you can’t put that shit on a Hallmark card, it may be disrespectful. You said you “definitely didn’t find him attractive, but he was borderline famous,” but all you got was a couple of fur coats and $3,000 to pay your bills? In other words, you’re still broke. Let me advise you that men can spot whores a mile away. I’m sure he’s never told Beyonce that she has a “fuckable mouth,” so how does that make you feel? You are good enough to “clean his house” and “take a cab home” and nothing more! Last but not least, you say you’re in the music business but “mixing business with pleasure is too much bullshit.” Bitch, are you serious? Where do they all come from? – Cynthia Rudolph, Cynthia.rudolph@asurion.com

I just stumbled onto your magazine and decided to give you some feedback. I really enjoy what you’re doing for all of us underground rappers. You give us a chance to shine from under the rock and make a name for ourselves. - Kraunikle, kraunikle@yahoo.com

I’ve been reading your magazine for a year and a half and I never miss an issue. Y’all rep for all the underground artists that the other magazines don’t, like Rick Ross and Piccalo. Keep reppin’ the dirty South! - losent@aol.com

I just read the article you did last year on Big Money Ced. He keeps it real in Tampa! He’s always bringin’ it straight to you. There’s gonna be haters in every aspect of the business, but I have yet to hear someone speak negatively of his skills. Why? Because they can’t! He’s got mad skills. He’s a phenomenal businessman and gets in a zone when he’s on the 1’s and 2’s. I bet the next time you hit him up for an interview, he’ll have surpassed yet another goal that he set for himself. Keep up the good work, OZONE! - Renee Thomas, diamonddoll1014@yahoo.com (Tampa, FL)